عنوان مقاله :
Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Problems in Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
پديد آورندگان :
Badakhsh، Behzad Department of Internal Medicine - School of Medicine, Ilam University of Medical sciences , Karimian, Mohammad Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery - Ilam University of Medical Science , Mansouri، Feizollah Infectious Diseases Department - School of Medicine - Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Zarei, Farzad Department of Nursing - Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery - Kermanshah University of Medical Science , Mahdikhani, Somayeh Università degli Studi "La Sapienza" di Roma - Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Undergraduate, Italy , Salimi, Ebrahim Student Research Committee - Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences , Gholami, Ali Clinical Research Development Center of Taleghani Hospital - Kermanshah University of Medical Science , Borji, Milad Clinical Research Development - Imam Khomeini Hospital - Ilam University of Medical Sciences , Tarjoman, Asma Student Research Committee - Ilam University of Medical Sciences , Khorshidi, Ali School of Medicine Psychosocial Injuries Research Center - Ilam University of Medical Sciences Ilam
كليدواژه :
COVID-19 , Gastrointestinal problems , Clinical symptoms , Systematic review , meta-analysis
چكيده فارسي :
Background:
Considering the prevalence of COVID-19 worldwide, the present study aimed to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal problems
(anorexia, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting) in patients with COVID-19.
Materials and Methods:
The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal problems in patients with COVID-19 using Systematic
Review and Meta-analysis methodology. The search was conducted independently by two researchers on international databases,
including Web of Science (ISI), Scopus, Embase, Science Direct, PubMed/Medline, and Google Scholar Search Engine. Keywords
included “Vomiting”, “Anorexia”, “Diarrhea”, “Nausea”, “SARS-CoV-2”, and “COVID-19”. Data were analyzed using STATA statistic
software.
Results:
The total sample size was 3602 patients. Initially, 1456 studies were included in the study, which reached 33 articles after the final
screening. Regarding the prevalence of gastrointestinal problems in patients, the prevalence rate of diarrhea was 6% (95% CI: 0.06
[0.04, 0.08]), anorexia was13% (95% CI: 0.13 [0.03, 0.24]), nausea and vomiting was 4% (95% CI : 0.04 [0.03, 0.05]), and pharyngalgia
was 16% (95% CI : 0.16 [0.02, 0.30]).
Conclusion:
The results of this study can be used as a guideline for clinical professionals
